Improvement in gutter-hangers



C. M. PE'ET'.

GUTTER-HANGER. No. 190,359. Patented May1,187'7.

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i To all whom it may concern UNITED STATES CHARLES M. PEET, OF WAVERLY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO WELLS 8t RIGGIN, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN (BUTTER-HANGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 190,359, dated May 1, 1877 application filed March 21, 1877.

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. PEET, of Waverly, in the county of Morgan and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gutter Hangers, of

which the following is a specification:

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in hangin g gutter-spouts its object being to provide a more secure and convenient means of securing such spouts under the eaves of a building, and by means of which such spouts may be more quickly and cheaply secured to buildings.

This invention consists in the combination, with an eaves-trough having eyes or loops, of triangular rods or wires, one arm of which passes through the eyesor loops, and is driven into the building under the eaves, and the other arm being driven into the surface of the roof, whereby the eaves-trough is firmly and substantially held in place.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a view, in perspective, of my invention applied to the eaves of a roof Fig. 2, a perspective view of a modification.

In the drawing, the letter A represents a gutter-spout, which may be constructed either v of metal or wood, as may be found desirable.

In case the spout is constructed of sheet metal, as usual, it is provided at suitable dis-- tances with cross-braces B, which rise perpendicularly at each end, and are provided with openings 0, diametrically oppositeeach other, through which may be inserted the rods or wires D, which are driven into the building just below the eaves of the same.

In case the spout is made of wood, and in some cases where the same is made of metal as well,therearesecuredonoppositesidesthereof,

diametrically opposite each other, staples E E, which take the place of, and serve instead of, the apertures in the braces, as above mentioned, for the insertion of the supporting rods or wires.

My invention is designed for every description of buildings, whether having slate or shingle roofs.

The supporting-rod for the gutter is made of triangular shape, as shown at F, one end ofv the said rod being driven in and secured to the building under the eaves, as before mentioned, the other end extending up over the roof, and driven and secured into the shingles or covering of the same, the said end being bent at right angles to the main portion for the purpose.

The advantages of my improvement are apparent, as it will be evident that the supportin g-rods can be much more quickly, and, therefore, cheaply, secured to the building than the usual metallic straps ordinarily used for the purpose.

I claim The combination, with an eaves trough having eyes or loops, as described, of the supporting rods or Wires D, bent to form a triangle having the end of one of its arms turned at right angles to the main portion, and adapted to be driven into the roof, while the other arm is driven under the eaves of the building, as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

' CHAS. M. PEET.

Witnesses:

R. P. MEAOHAM, A.. WATSON. 

